Fireworks Arcade

The first one I chose is strictly for fun (and relaxation). Make your own fireworks show by tapping the screen or play arcade games using the fireworks.

Fireworks Arcade is a fun-filled app for all ages, and a showcase app for multi-touch and graphics. Tap or drag to create brilliant displays of light and sound. Compete or relax in one of several game modes. Paint art with firework shapes. Or just watch a generated show. How you play is up to you, so get creative.

Weber’s on the Grill

Yes, I usually feature free apps but this one in particular has some great reviews. Grilling is a learned skill, and when you are a beginner you want all the help you can get. Pros will enjoy this as well with over 280 recipes to choose from.

Description

If you love to grill or barbecue, you are going to love this app! Weber’s On the Grill™ features 280 classic Weber recipes plus 40 recipes for rubs, marinades, and sauces that are sure to get you fired up to get out and grill. You can tag your favorites, and even create and share a master grocery list for your grilling recipes that you can take with you to the store. There’s a timer within the app, too, so you know exactly when to take your food off the grill.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

SEARCH AND BROWSE over 300 triple-tested, classic recipes from Weber’s best-selling cookbooks, from starters to desserts, including rubs, marinades, and sauces. Recipes are from Weber’s Art of the Grill™, Weber’s Big Book of Grilling™, Weber’s Charcoal Grilling™, and Weber’s Real Grilling™.

STORE ingredients from any recipe in an itemized grocery list. To make shopping easy, the ingredients are organized by category to facilitate shopping. You can add as many recipes to the grocery list as you want, and the app will combine all the ingredients you will need at the store. A simple check box lets you mark off items as you shop.

SHARE recipes and grocery lists with friends and family via email.

REFERENCE 100+ tips for expert grilling.

LEARN essential grilling techniques for taking your skills to the next level.

TIME recipes with the grill timer, right in the app. Your phone or device will ding and vibrate when the timer goes off. CHECK grilling times in our grill guides for red meat, pork, poultry, seafood, veggies, and fruit. Produced by rabble+rouser, inc. Photography by Tim Turner

Fast Burst Camera

$3.99 (free version available but there are complaints about ads lagging shooting ability)

I have spent many years trying to capture fireworks in pictures… usually it ends in disappointment. This app allows your smart phone camera to take multiple pictures quickly giving you the ability to freeze action… like fireworks.

This is the fastest camera app available for Android.

Fast Burst Camera is capable of taking 30 photos per second.
( on low-end devices, 5-10 photos per second is possible )

Hold shoot button for continuous burst, or tap for fast single shots.
Zero shutter lag – pictures are taken as soon as shutter button is pressed.

★ Great for
– sports shots
– pictures of kids or pets
– party camera
– taking a burst of pictures in an important situation, and pick the best later
– analyse your golf swing frame-by-frame
– Parkour shots

Superburst Camera

I wish I had an iPhone to test this app because it looks amazing. I love taking burst shots with my DSLR and with this app not only can you choose the best photo but also make them into video!

Tap the shutter button to start continuously snapping photos at blistering speed—up to 240 photos per second on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, 120 photos per second on iPhone 5s and iPad Air 2, 60 per second on iPhone 5, 5c, iPod Touch, iPad Air, iPad Mini with Retina, and 30 per second on the other iPads plus the iPhone 4s.

Take as many bursts as you want, and when you’re done, pick the shots you want to keep and save them to your Photos Library or share them with friends.

You can even save your burst as a video—slow-mo, fast-mo, or regular speed.

Yummly

Looking for a new fruit recipe or a pasta or potato salad? You can find just about any recipe you’re looking for on Yummly.

Featured on the Today Show and LOVED by millions, Yummly puts every recipe in the world in the palm of your hand. The most powerful recipe search, the recipe sites you love, your digital recipe box, and food recipe recommendations just for you – all with you wherever you go. Experience what millions of home and professional chefs are already enjoying on the web, now free on your Android phone and tablet.

Cocktail Flow

I love to offer cocktails, but I have no idea how to mix them. This app helps create your shopping list and then tells you how to mix them.

Loved by millions of users worldwide, Cocktail Flow is the ultimate tool to find & create the perfect drink for any occasion. Discover what you can mix with the ingredients you have at hand, get the know-how to easily make amazing drinks and make any moment a Cocktail Moment.

Heather, the mom behind OurKidsMom, is located in western Missouri. She is 3rd grade teacher turned stay at home mom with 4 children: Ethan (9), Emma (10), Joshua (20) and Kaytlin (25). She spends her "free time" at the gym, planning her next travel adventure, blogging, browsing Pinterest for her next craft and reviewing great products for her family and home.

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